You Fill My Heart With Love
You came into this world
So wanted…so tiny…so helpless.
Then you looked up at me.
You filled my eyes with tears
and filled my heart with love.
You came into our home
So wanted…so tiny…so helpless.
I felt so afraid and unworthy.
You filled my eyes with tears
and filled my heart with fear.
You came and lay upon my breast
So wanted…so tiny…so helpless.
You suckled so hungrily, gazing up at me.
You filled my eyes with tears
and filled my heart with love.
You came to rest in your cot
So wanted…so tiny…so helpless.
You cried with pain for which I could not ease.
You filled my eyes with tears
and filled my heart with fear.
Now dear child, you’ve grown so big
Still wanted…growing bigger…not helpless.
I watch you skip along the path and sing with pure delight.
Your face is filled with smiles of joy and you look into my eyes.
You say those words I long to hear…”I love you!”
Oh how you fill my eyes with tears, dear child
and fill my heart with love.
- Kerry Warnholtz